Refund vs Reception - What's the difference?
refund | reception |
To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
(obsolete) To supply again with funds.
(obsolete, rare) To pour back.
An amount of money returned.
The act of receiving.
(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
A reaction.
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The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
(UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
As nouns the difference between refund and reception
is that refund is an amount of money returned while reception is reception (action of receiving).As a verb refund
is to return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.refund
English
Verb
(en verb)- A governor, that had pillaged the people, was sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. — L'Estrange.
- If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.
- to refund a railroad loan
- Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object. — Ray.
Noun
(en noun)- If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a refund.
Anagrams
* English heteronymsreception
English
Noun
- We have poor TV reception in the valley.
- The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
- After the wedding we proceeded to the reception .
- The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception .
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